Songs the Lord Taught Us

8 ContributorsI Was a Teenage Werewolf LyricsThe Cramps classic song “I Was A Teenage Werewolf” is a parody of the 1957 Horror film of the same name, starring Michael Landon (“Little House On The Prairie”, “Highway To Heaven”).I was a teenage werewolf

Braces on my fangs

I was a teenage werewolf

And no one even said thanks

And no one made me stop

I had a teen-land mind

I had to blow my top

And under teen full moon

No one could make me stop

No one could make me stop

A teenage werewolf

Parallel bars

A teenage girlfriend

Got a lot of scars

Somebody please make me stop, oh please

You know, I have puberty rights

And I have puberty wrongs

No one understood me

All my teeth were so long

And no one made me stop

A Midwest monster

Of the highest grade

All my teachers thought

Ooh, it was growing pain, oh, no, no

Oh, somebody stop this pain, oh

4 ContributorsMystery Plane LyricsMy daddy drives a UFO

Drops me off and then he goes

Leaves me on this mystery plane

Yeah, but he'll be back for me again

Oh yes he will

Now I just can't identify

With this world so I don't try

Square pegs don't fit in round holes

And I can't fit into these clothes, ooh, woah, no

My daddy's unidentified

Mom says I just appeared inside

Oh, looks like a case of hit and run

But I'm the wreck and it's no fun

Oh, oh, no fun

My daddy will come back again

Yeah, and take me from this mystery plane

Ooh, and maybe if I go real slow

He'll let me drive his UFO, oh, oh, oh boy

My daddy drives a UFO

My daddy drives a UFO

My daddy drives a UFO

UFO

[Verse 1]

At the zombie dance

Here's Ben and Betty

They tap their toes

But they don't get sweaty

They don't give a damn

They're done dead already

[Chorus]

At the zombie dance

Nobody moves

They tap their toes

Yeah, wiggle their ears to get in the groove, yeah

[Verse 2]

They do the boogaloo

At the zombie hall

They write "born to lose"

On zombie restroom wall

The kinda life they choose

Ain't really life at all

[Chorus]

At the zombie dance

Nobody moves

They tap their toes

Yeah, wiggle their ears to get in the groove, move

[Verse 3]

Everybody calm down

Nobody blow their cool

Nobody hang around

Zombie dancing school

They do the swim face-down

In the zombie pool

[Chorus]

At the zombie dance

Nobody moves

They tap their toes

Yeah, wiggle their ears to get in the groove, yeah

[Outro]

At the zombie dance nobody moves, yeah

[Verse 1]

Yeah, some folks like water

A-some folks like wine

But I like the taste

Of straight strychnine

You may think it's funny, haha

That I like this stuff

But once you've tried it

You can't get enough

[Chorus]

The wine is red and

Poison is blue

Strychnine is good

For what's a-ailin' you, oh, oh, oh

[Chorus]

The wine is red and

Poison is blue

Strychnine is good

For what's a-ailin' you, oh, oh

[Verse 2]

If you listen to what I say

And you try strychnine someday

Make you choke, it'll make you shout

Oh, it'll even knock you out

A-some folks like water

A-some folks like wine

But I like the taste

Of straight strychnine

[Outro]

Strychnine, ayy, ayy

Strychnine, ayy, ayy

Strychnine, ayy, ayy

Strychnine

[Verse 1]

Well, come on, little mama, let's tear this damn place up

Come on, little mama, let's tear this damn place up

Come on, little mama, let me see you do your stuff

[Chorus]

Tear it up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up

Tear it up

Come on, little mama, tear this damn place up

[Verse 2]

Yeah, move back, baby, turn my way

Now turn around again and let me hear ya say

Tear it up

Tear it up

Come on, little mama, and tear this damn place up

[Chorus]

Tear it up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up, up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up

Tear it up

Come on, little mama, tear this damn place up

[Verse 3]

I'm a-leavin', little mama, gonna be gone a long, long time

I'm a-leavin', little mama, gonna be gone a long, long time

Come on, little mama, let me show you a real good time

[Chorus]

Tear it up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up

Ah, tear it up

Come on, little mama, tear this damn place up

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Tear it up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up

Tear it up

Come on, little mama, tear this damn place up

Easy now

Tear it up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up

Tear it up

Come on, little mama, tear this damn place up right now

Tear it up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up

Tear it up

Come on, little mama, tear this damn place up

Tear it up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up, up, up, up, up

Tear it up

Tear it up

Come on, little mama, tear this damn place up

[Outro]

Easy now, come on, little mama, tear this damn place up

Come on, little mama, tear this damn place up

Well, come on, little mama, tear this damn place up

[Verse 1]

No one knows how much I love you

No one knows how much I care

When you put your arms around me

I get a fever that's a-hard to bear

[Chorus]

You give me fever

When you kiss me

Fever when you hold me tight

Fever in the morning

Fever all through the night

[Verse 2]

Sun lights up the daytime

Moon lights up the night

I light up when you call my name

'Cause I know you're gonna treat me right

[Chorus]

You give me fever

When you kiss me

Fever when you hold me tight

Fever in the morning

Fever all through the night

[Verse 3]

Captain Smith and Pocahontas

Had a very bad affair

A-when her daddy tried to kill him

She said, "Daddy-o, don't you dare"

[Chorus]

"He gives me fever

When he kisses

Fever when he holds me tight

Fever, I'm his missus

So Daddy-o, treat him right"

[Bridge]

Everybody's got the fever

That is something we all know

Fever isn't such a new thing

Fever started long ago

[Verse 4]

Romeo loves Juliet

Juliet, she felt the same

A-when she put her arms around him

He said, "Julie, baby, you're to blame"

[Chorus]

"You give me fever

With your kisses

Fever when you hold me tight

Fever in the morning

Fever all through the night"

[Verse 5]

Well, now you've listened to my story

Here's the point that I have made

The Cramps are born to give you fever

Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade

[Chorus]

We give you fever

When you're rocking

Fever 'til you live and learn

Fever 'til you sizzle

But what a lovely way to burn

[Outro]

What a lovely way to burn

What a lovely way to burn

What a lovely way to burn

What a lovely way to burn

What a lovely way to burn